Janet: A Poor Heiress

Excerpt from Janet: A Poor HeiressDaughter, wheres my bonnet?Mrs. Vail might well ask: for horses and driver waited at the gate- and her husband stood at the hall-door, hat in hand, - a man who could not abide delays.Dear me, mamma, I dontMoreExcerpt from Janet: A Poor HeiressDaughter, wheres my bonnet?Mrs. Vail might well ask: for horses and driver waited at the gate- and her husband stood at the hall-door, hat in hand, - a man who could not abide delays.Dear me, mamma, I dont know where your bonnet is. When did you wear it last? returned Miss Janet from the depths of a pile of laces.Pretty, dainty, little Mrs. Vail looked aggrieved. She had assumed one great burden in life, - the charge of her very intricate nervous system, - and it did seem unreasonable to expect her at the same time to have the care of her clothes.Janet! exclaimed Mr. Vail, turning upon his daughter indignantly, why do you make this interruption? You ought to know where your poor sick mothers things are. Go find them at once!He was a tall, slight, fair-haired man, one of those highly wrought, unquiet people, commonly described as hung on wires.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully- any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.